pager in default install
Charles Wilson
cwilson@ece.gatech.edu
Thu Mar 21 22:01:00 GMT 2002
Lame followup to my own post:
I think we should have A 'more' package for this reason:
Q: "Where's more?"
A: In the 'more' package.
makes a lot more sense than
Q: "Where's more?"
A: Use less instead. It's better. BTW, you'll probably need to set
PAGER=less. Oh, and NCFTP_PAGER=less.
(Okay, that last one is an exagerration. Actually, the ncftp code has a
special cygwin hack so that on cygwin, ncftp uses less by default.
Other platforms use more by default. But you get the idea.)
--Chuck
Charles Wilson wrote:
> In my previous post, I didn't mean to argue against 'more' as a package,
> or against its inclusion in the 'base'. I was merely pointing out the
> fallacies in arguing that Debian(util-linux in 'Base') +
> util-linux(contains more) ===> cygwin(more in 'Base'). It doesn't.
>
> In fact, I think it would be a good idea to have a 'more' package for
> cygwin. I'm not sure it should be included in 'base' -- perhaps 'Text'
> or 'Utils' would be a better choice. If you are willing to
> port/package/provide/maintain 'more' then I think it should be added to
> the distribution.
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